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brytning — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • accent noun A distinctive way of pronouncing a language, typical of a region, country, or social group.
  • mining noun The industry or process of extracting minerals, ores, or other resources from the earth.
  • refraction noun The bending of light, sound or water waves as they pass from one material into another in which they travel at a different speed.

Senses

brytning is used for these senses in English:

  • accent (linguistics, sociolinguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.
  • mining The activity of removing solid valuables from the earth.
  • mining (cryptocurrency) Creation of new units of cryptocurrency by validating transactions and demonstrating proof of work.
  • refraction (physics) The turning or bending of any wave, such as a light or sound wave, when it passes from one medium into another of different optical density.

accent — full definition

  1. noun A distinctive way of pronouncing a language, typical of a region, country, or social group.
  2. noun A mark placed over a letter to show pronunciation or stress.
  3. noun A detail that stands out and adds emphasis or contrast, especially in design.
  4. verb To emphasize or draw attention to something.

mining — full definition

  1. noun The industry or process of extracting minerals, ores, or other resources from the earth.
  2. noun The process of earning cryptocurrency by validating transactions through computation.

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